Expresses Concern about Miami Hostility; Hopes the US can Protect Frontier
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Expresses Concern about Miami Hostility; Hopes the US can Protect Frontier
Description
Refers to hostility received from the Miamis in conjunction with British traders. Worries that there will be no peaceful resolution and that the U.S. must take action to protect the people of the frontier.
year created
1790
month created
05
day created
01
author
sent from location
Cahokia
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
Miami Indians
British Traders
Secretary of War
people of frontiers
notable location
Cahokia
Ohio River
Ohio
notable item/thing
hostility received from the Miamis
no peaceful resolution
protect the people of the frontier
peaceable issue
Indian depredations
reasonable terms of accommodation
document number
1790050140001
page start
1
transcription
Cahokia, 1st May 1790.
Sir: xx You will reserve that everything is referred to the Miamis, which does not indicate a peaceable issue. The confidence these have in their situation, the vicinity of many other nations, either much under their influence, or hostilely disposed towards the United States, and pernicious counsels of the British traders, joined to the immense booties obtained by their depredations on the Ohio, will most probably prevent them from listening to any reasonable terms of accommodation, so that it is much to be feared that the United States must prepare doing it, may probably be the defection of those who are now at peace, and would remain so, with the entire alienation of the affections, at least of the people of the frontiers. ****
I am, your very [undecipherable] servant.
Ar. StClair.
Gen. Knox, Secretary at War.
Sir: xx You will reserve that everything is referred to the Miamis, which does not indicate a peaceable issue. The confidence these have in their situation, the vicinity of many other nations, either much under their influence, or hostilely disposed towards the United States, and pernicious counsels of the British traders, joined to the immense booties obtained by their depredations on the Ohio, will most probably prevent them from listening to any reasonable terms of accommodation, so that it is much to be feared that the United States must prepare doing it, may probably be the defection of those who are now at peace, and would remain so, with the entire alienation of the affections, at least of the people of the frontiers. ****
I am, your very [undecipherable] servant.
Ar. StClair.
Gen. Knox, Secretary at War.
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | DAA08 (1 pages) | Collection: Alfred T. Goodman Papers | C: 1, F: 11 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Arthur St. Clair | Cahokia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |